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OK How many DB is drumming? After i know that i can subtract the earplug db to find the level

I am not sure how well this analogy will work for you but a subway pulling into a station is about 90 db. I'd say unless you are playing REALLY loud you won't hit more than 100 easily. You could get higher but fact of the matter is it'd be instantaneous. A rim shot or a clave for instance.

DB is dB, which is deciBels... a Bel is a logarithmic measurement of sound pressure, which equates to sound volume reasonably well.

if you're going to be playing drums hard for more than an hour, more than a couple times a week, you need 24 dB earplugs for sure. Sound works as an accumulation over time. 85dB (a lawnmower) will cause hearing loss after an hour.

Even with 30dB industrial earplugs and earmuffs over the top, you will still suffer hearing loss over a 12 hour festival if you stand near the speakers. Make no mistake, you do not want to take risks with your hearing, and if you THINK its vaguely loud, it is.

Most drumming would occur around 100 dB, with peaks reaching 120 for really hardhitters on the snare and 20" heavy crashes. Drumming is extremely loud!

Well i guess this would be a good place to ask this question since we are talking about sound levels.

It seems to me that when i'm sitting in the middle of my double tiered Gibraltar cage playing away that the sound level of what i hear(not just volume but tone as well) is not the same as what you hear standing outside?

Does any one else have problems with this or is it just my imagination?